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February 28, 2013

66 2/28

In words, today is the sixty sixth anniversary of the 2/28 Incident, Taiwan's Tiananmen. I'll note in passing that the political party which committed it also constitutes the current, freely elected government of the island and that it commemorates the incident as follows:

Every February 28, the president of the ROC gathers with other officials to ring a commemorative bell in memory of the victims. The president bows to family members of 2/28 victims and gives each one a certificate officially exonerating the victims, who were previously blacklisted as enemies of the state. Monuments and memorial parks to the victims of 2/28 have been erected in a number of Taiwanese cities.